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INTRODUCTION. 



In the preparation of tlii.s volume it lias been the 
purpose of the publisher to present in permanent form, 
the tributes of esteem, tendered to the memory of the 
ilkistrious dead. It seems especially fitting that the 
services General Logan gave to his country, the exalted 
esteem in which he was held by liis grateful country- 
men, and which has found so many and such heartfelt 
expressions since his death, should have a lasting 
record and both for the gratification of those who 
mourn his untimely death, and as an evidence to 
future generations of how brave, great and good we 
thought him, this tribute is put forth. 

Lincoln Uesidence, Spiuncu-ield, Ii.i. 
,J«niiary25th, ISST. 



JOHN A. LOGAN 




Was bokn in Jackson County, Illinois, Fkhimiawv 9th, 

182H. DiKlJ AT WASHlNCiTON, D. C, SuNDAY, 3 (M'LOCK 

i>. M., December 2(ith, 1886. He was, theke- 

FOKK, aged 59 YEARS, 10 MONTHS 
AND 17 DAYS. 




Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon Gov. 
Oglesby received a brief mespase from Senator Cullom 
announcing the sad termination of his distinguished 
colleague's life. The governor was deeply affected and 
immediately sent word to the State officers to confer 
with him at the executive mansion to the end that they 
might unite in a proper testimonial of condolence to 
Mrs. Logan. Soon afterwards the following was sent 
by telegraph: 

State of Illinois, Executive Office, 

Springfield, December 26, 18S6. 

To Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan, Calumet Place, Wash- 
ington, D. C— In this hour of your deepest grief we 
offer you our heartfelt sympathy, and join in this 
expression of unfeigned sorrow by the entire people 
of the state. May God give you strength and support 

in your irreparable loss. 

K. J. Oglesby, 

Henry D. Dement, 

C. P. SwiGERT, 

Jacoh Gross, 
George Hunt. 



THE CITIZENS' MEETING. 



After the news of General Logan's death had been 
received, a call was sent out to the citizens that a meet- 
ing would be held at the Leland Hotel to take action 
upon it. 

In response to this summons at 7 o'clock the lobby 
of the Leland was tilled to overflowing by representji- 
tive men of the city and State. 

Upon motion of C. T. Strattan, Mayor Garland was 
made chairman of the meeting, whirli he accepted in 
the following words: 

Fellow Citizens — You all know only too well the 
sad event that calls us together at this 'hour. Illinois 
is rapidly filling her quota to the death roll of fame, 
and the loss we have sustained to-day is not the least 
of the many great losses of the State. I had no idea 
of being called upon to preside at this meeting, much 
less make a speech, but as it is the pleasure of those 
present, I will accept. I presume resolutions will be 
inaugurated here. 

On motion of Auditor C. P. Swigert, Captain E. K. 
Roberts was made secretary. 

Major Bluford Wilson, recognized the appropriateness 
of the occasion, thought that the two distinguished 
gentlemen present. General McClernand and Hon. 
Milton Hay, who have been so intimately associated 
with General Logan, should be appointed' as first and 
second vice presidents, respectively, and on his motion 
were so appointed. 

Mayor Garland then introduced Gen. John A. Mc- 
Cleruand, wbo spoke with feeling and emotion, as fol- 
lows: 

Mr. President and Gentlemen: I feel more like 
weeping than talking. It is almost incredible to me 
that the distinguished statesman and soldier with whom 
I was so long acquainted, and who, as a youth, I knew 



—it is almost incredible to me— the news that he is 
dead. If the summons liad come to me to yield, I would 
have felt it to have been more natural. Coming to him 
in the meridian of life, in the vigor of manhood, with 
great promise in respect to the future, I am almost dumb- 
founded by the suddenness of the news. I am so much 
surprised that 1 scar(;ely know where to commence on 
a line of remarks. I may say, however, being reminded 
by the remarks of my old' comrade, or rather young 
comrade. Col. Wilson, t am reminded of the parentage 
of Gen. Logan- I was intimately acquainted with his 
father and niother; with his uncle— all worthy and ex- 
emplary people, and persons who made some figure in 
the pnhlii; affairs of this State. I am reminded of an 
incident which occurred between Gen. Logan and my- 
self. Long after I had been a man taking part in public 
all'airs, he said to me once, "General, I heard you make 
an argument in the Brownsville court in a case i)end- 
ing before that court. It stiried my ambition, and I 
resolved to he a lawyer and jjublic; man." The states- 
man from this out, drew me still closer to him, and re- 
mind(>d me of the sympathy which l)inds the father 
and son. 

In Congress, at the outbreak of the war. when I said 
to liim that I should resign my seat in Congress and 
take part in the war, said he. "General, and I shall go 
too." It also transpired that President Lincoln appoin- 
ted me a department commander and Brigadier with 
the power of organizing certnn regiments. Mr. Logan, 
who afterwards became Gen. Logan, laudertook and did 
orgjinizo one of those regiments and constitued a part 
of the First Brigade of Illinois volunteers. He was dil- 
igent in the preimration of his regiment for the expeii- 
ence of battle and necessary hardships. Our first ex- 
perience was at the battle of Belmont, the incipiency 
of the war in the Southwest. I need not repeat what 
history has already recorded. He there proved him- 
self a gallant and patriotic man. At the battle of Fort 
Donelson, which was the first great victory of our army, 
wiiich elevated the hearts of our people out of their 
shoes and gave them hope as to the outcome of the war. 
There he, and others, met tlie overwhelming forces, stood 
against the torrent of shot and shell for hours, till car- 
ried away, a wounded and disabled man. In various 
other actions we were associated in a military life. I 
only need say he was active enterprising, patriotic and 
devoted to the cause of his country. I am not surprised 
that he became a great favorite with the people of his 



(•ountry. From that (luick perception, that lun-oi*; pur- 
pose and pert^istent action \vhi(-li characterize'l one 
whom, in my opinion, was one of the greatest states- 
men of the world, Tliermistocles, he was the greatest 
man, the greatest statesman. 

Later he was transferred from the field again to 
Congress, and there performed a very consi)i(nious part. 
Still later, he was transferrt-d to "the Senate of the 
United States, and there pioved himself, as before, ca- 
pable, able to cope with any adversary wlio miglit court 
conflict with him. 

Still later, he was a (candidate for vice president of 
the United States. I will not make invidious remarks 
or distinctions, lie was the strong man on that ticket. 
Perhaps the issue of that election might have been dif- 
ferent if he had been at the head of it. He proved him- 
self to be a true friend to his comrades in arms, always 
ready to reward them for their sacrifices. He is dead. 
One of the most distinguished men Illinois ever pro- 
duced is dead. It is for us to lament tlie loss, not 
only to our state, but to the nation. The ways of I'l-ov- 
idence are inscrutable. The fal 1 of a man less active, less 
useful, would have effected the public less severely, but 
death likes a shining mark and in him it found it. 

Mr. President and gentlemen: I might talk for 
hours and yet I would feel that the theme to which 
I am now addressing myself was not exhausted. I have, 
perhaps, said as much as tlu; occ-asion may require. I 
retire that other gentlemen may speak. 



HON. MILTON HAY. 

Mr. Chairman:— I feel that the audience should" ex- 
cuse me from attempting to join in the expressions of 
sorrow tliat may be made here this evening. I can not, 
ho\yever, miss the opportunity which is alfordini me 
in .joining with you all in the expressions of sorrow 
which will come from the hearts of all the people of 
our State and the nation on this great loss. I am not 
so well pre|)ared to speak of General Logan, as those 
like my elociuent friend, wlio has been on the floor be- 
fore me, who was his worthy cotemporary, not only 
for a long period in the civil history of cMir State, but 
in his military career. I never had much association 
with Gen. Logan, personally, and have not had the op- 
portunity of most public men of having an intimate ac- 



quaintanoe with him. I have watched his career as a 
public man. and as a civil and military leader, aud cer- 
tainly no citizenof the State can have, however feebly 
I express it, a higher estimation of Gen. Logan's mili- 
tary and civil career. I will express myself at no great 
length on this occasion. I can only thank you for the 
honor you have given me in making me, with Gen. 
McClernand, one of your vice-presidents. There are 
other gentlemen present who can do greater .justice to 
eulogies on Gen. Logan than L 



MAJ. BLUFORD WILSON. 

Mr. Chair.max, Gextlkmex axd Fellow-Citizens of 
SpRiMiEiELu: It can be said of those present, natives 
of Illinois and citizens of this great country, that all 
carry a great weight of sorrow on account of the 
brief announcement that has come to us over the 
■wires: 'Logan is dead.' Logan, the unconquerable 
leader of Illinois in the great struggle and contest for 
the very life and existence of this nation; and beyond 
the picture of that lovely woman who has stood by 
his side through all the trials of his bold, active and 
vigorous career, and has lent her sympathy and 
wis^dom and crowned it all with a life of loving devo- 
tion as a wife and mother. Think of her ! Her 
anguish of soul ! Her utter weight of woe ! In her 
presence there is place only for silence and tears I 
Here no words of mine can add to the elotiuent 
tribute of our aged and distinguished fellow-citizen 
who was his gallant cotemporary in war, whose 
eloquence first fired his youthful ambition and who, 
in after days, ushered him on to that great career of 
arms to fight his way into the heart of the Illinois 
soldiers and the whole nation. Born in this State, 
his life was distinguished by nil the virtues— a life 
of brave, strong, open-hearted manhood. He went on 
from one responsibility to another, until the end of a 
long life. The highest honors of the whole nation 
stood within his grasp, and seemed awaiting to add 
glory to the State. He performed all duties devolving 
upon him to the fullest limit. In the presence of his 
death all differences of pul)lic opinion and differences 
among fellow-citizens as to his merits pass and pale 
into insignificance. All unite in recognizing the 
mental and moral worth of the great soldier and 



Senator whose death has been heralded to us today. 
In the Le.aislatuiH of the State, upon tl;e field of 
battle, in tlie .areat field of national i)olitics, in the 
Senate of the United States no call was made upon 
him that he did not meet. He had all the elements 
of a great and useful man and I speak within the 
limits and bounds of truth when I say, to-nitrlit, that 
anions' all the foremost men of this nation, lie is 
entitled to stand at the very front and his name will 
ever be revered in history, and always remenibered 
with warm affection and devotion. The aifet-tion of 
the people of Illinois and the whole nation were 
centered in the man whose loss we mourn. Language, 
especially the impromptu language which comes on 
this occasion, fails to do justice to him. He is dead. 
It is incredible that the brave and stalwart leader, 
soldier and statesman, who has gone through all the 
dangers of war is dead. Why it seems but yesterday, 
Gen. McClernand, yon remember ! I remember him in 
front of the embattled heights of Vicksburg, on that 
bloodv (lav of June, in that crater of death, at the 
very front" raging like the lion, that he was, the })loo_d 
of a beloved comrade on his shirt sleeves, fire in his 
eyes, fighting his way to the vitals of the enemy. 
And as he was on that day a great leader, I submit 
to you, my friends, so he always Avas, a great, incom- 
parable and distinguished leader. All citizens of this 
State and nation will lay upon his bier a tribute of 
their sincere aftection, and his wife, that loving wife 
and devoted mother, all hearts will share her grief. 



CLOSING SPEECHES AND BUSINESS. 

Jiidse Casy followed next and spoke of Loimn's 
party relations. He had known him when a Democrat, 
and greatly admired in th-it party. Since th.it time 
all diilVrences between Democrats and Republicans in 
tills respect had betni settled and he had as warm ad- 
mirers and friends amonj;- the Democrats as anions' Re- 
publicans, and all alike sorely grieved over ins loss. 

Judge Matheny .«aid he felt unable to add any- 
tiling to the much that had been so well said of Gen. 
Logan. He had known him and watched his career 
ever since he lirst came to Sprinpfield as a Republican 
in the Legislature from Southern Hlinois, and that 
career had been simply a wonderful one. He joined 
heartily in the sympathy of the people. He .regarded 
Logan's name as an invaluable legacy to the young 
men of the country. It would be embalmed in history 
and be an insi)iration to generations to com(!. 

Attorney (Jeneral Hunt said that while many good 
things had' been uttered of the dead state.-man, they 
feebly expressed the sentiments of the people of this 
great State. All i)resent had been contemporaries of 
Logan's. He liad been conspicuous in the history of 
the country for .'!(» years as a citizen, soldier and states- 
man. He continued at some length, and laid stress 
upon the fact that he had gone through a remarkable 
military and civil (-areer without mistake or blemish. 
He spoke of Logan's friendship for the soldier, and his 
deep interest in their welfare in all his legislative acts. 
He was followed by Hon. C. L. Coukling, who spoke 
feelingly for a few minutes only. 

The meeting ordered the following dispatch sent: 

Mks. John A. Logan, Washington : At a largely at- 
tended meeting of the citizens of Springfield, the fol- 
lowing resolution was adopted: 

"The citizens of Springfield extend sympathy and 
condolence to the family of John A. Logan— the citizen, 
the statesman, the soldier and jjatriotic defender of his 
country. E- K. Roberts, Sec'y." 

The following executive committee was chosen: 

Gen. John A. McClernand, Hon. M. Hay. Judge Case% 
Hon. J. C. Conkling, S. H. Jones, Hon. O. T. Strattan. 
Hon. Rluford Wilson, Hon. (ieo. Hunt, Clias. Ridgely, 
Esq., Gen. J. N. Reece, John Williams. Hon. A. Oren- 
dorfl'. Geo. M. BriukerhofF, John W. Bunn, Hon. C. C. 
Brown, Judge J. H. Matheny. 

After the adjournment of the meeting the Execu- 



tive Committee met aiirt unanimously ordered the dis- 
patch of the following met^saRe: 

Hon. S. M. Ci'i.lom, Washinp:ton : The citizens of 
Sprinsfield tender to Mrs. Lo^'ati a beautiful i)lace in 
Oak Rid^e Cemetery or elsewh^^re in or near tlie city 
for the burial of Gen. Logan near the final re.<;tin,y- |)la(;e 
of Abraham Lincoln, and re(|uest yon to present this 
offer to her and ask her acceptance thereof. 

John A. McClehnand, 
President. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee held at 
the Leland Hotel, the following named per.-^ons were 
appointed to represent the citizens of Springfield at the 
funeral services of the late Gen. Logan to take place 
at Washington City : E. Walker, Esq., Dr. L S. Hughes, 
Dr. Mark H. Patten. 

John A. McClf.knand, 
Alfred Orexdorkf, Chairman Ex. Committe. 

Secretary. 



A JOINT GRAND ARMY CALL. 

Spkinofield. 111., Dec. 27, 18S6.— Comrades: Our hearts 
are saddened by the death of our war leader. Comrade 
John A. Logan, which occurred yesterday afternoon. 

His s\in went down tho' veiled in tears 
With all the splendoi of morning's Klory. 

In view of our great loss, and to give expression to 
our sorrow, we hereby call a meeting of all the posts 
in the city, at Grand Army hall, this evening at 7:30 
o'clock, sharp. Visiting comrades are cordially invited 
to attend. 

L. W. Shepherd, 
Commander Stephenson Post No. 30. 
John C. Bell, 
Commander Mendell Post No 450. 



THE LOCAL GRAND ARiMY. 



A MEKTINU IN HONOR OF THE DEAD COMRADE, LOGAN. 



The meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic 
at Grand Army hall last evening was largely attended 
l>y the old soldiers, a number from abroad, many of 
whom had fought under Logan during the war. 
During the day the hall had been appropriately draped 
in mourning, and a monument erected, which was 
draped in black. 

The meeting was organized by the selection of Col. 
L. W. Shepherd as (/ommander. and R. Wolcott as 
Adjutant. A committee consisting of Commander J. 
]\r. Adair. John A. McClernand, J. H. Matheny, L. 
DuBois, C. W. Day. and Thomas S. Mather, was ap- 
pointed to draft and report to the meeting an express- 
ion of sentiment suitable to the occasion. The com- 
mittee retired to tlie ante-room, and after a biief ab- 
sence, J. M. Adair, the chairman of the committee, 
made the report: 

Your committee respectfully present the following: 

Tlie reassembling of the Grai;d Army of the Re- 
pul)lic above goes steadily, swiftly on. Another va- 
caniy has occurred in the ranks tei'restial: another re- 
cruit has been mustered into the ranks celestial, and 
the name of Comrade John A. Logan has been entered 
on the shining roll. 

Tlie brilliant leader, the matchless orator, the de- 
voted friend, the honored citizen, the beloved comrade 
has joined the (irand Army on high, and we the com- 
rades of ISpringfield posts have met together to pay 
our last sad tribute of respect to his memory. 

It is with becoming pride that we refer to his public 
life and services as soldier, statesman and citizen; his 
patriotism as a citizen; his undaunted bravery on the 



field of battle; his sagacity as a statesman; his elo- 
quence and power as an orator; his loyalty to every 
duty has won for him eternal fame, and liave endear- 
ed him in the affections of his c;ouiitrymen, as few have 
been loved and honored. 

As a comrade of tlie Grand Amiy of the Republic, 
■while we mourn his untimely death and deplore the 
loss to his country which he served so well, we also 
share in his fame, as we glory in his achievement". 

We tender to the grief-stricken wife and children 
the svmpathv and condolence of soldiers, who shared 
with the husband and father, the fatigues of the march 
and the dangers of the field. 

May the God of battles and the friends of the widow 
and orphan succor them in their need and strengthen 
them to bear their irreparable loss. 

We recommend that the adjutant of this meeting 
furnish to the several Posts in tlie city a copy of these 
proceedings to be made a matter of record, and that a 
committee of three be appointed by the Commander 
of this meeting to have engrossed and forwarded a copy 
hereof to Mrs. Logan at Washington, D. C. 

After eloquent and touching remarks by tlie Hon. 
W. H. Collins, of Quincy, Gen. John A. McCleruaud, 
Maj. James A. Connolly, Col. James H. Matheny and 
Capt. H. D.' Dement, tlie report of the committee was 
unanimously adopted by a rising vote. 

Comrades H. 1). Dement. Jacob Wheeler, and Lewis 
Dorian were appointed a committee to iorward a copy 
to Mrs. Logan. 

On motion of Comrade Dement a committee of five 
from each post was appointed to represent the posts at 
the funeral. 

The following comrades compose the committee: 

From Stephenson Post, J. A. McClernand, H. D. 
Dement, C. P. Swigert, Dr. J, L. Million and J. H. 
Matheny. 

From Mendell Post. Jacob Wheeler, T. S. Mather, 
J. L. Wilcox, Bluford Wilson and M. H. Patten. 

It was decided to hold memorial services upon the 
day of the funeral unless SLringfield should be chosen 
as the place for burial. 

The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of 
the post commanders, when the time of the funeral 
has been decided upon. 



THE LOGAN MEMORIAL. 



AT THK COURT HOT'SE, FRIDAY, DKOEMliKli ."'1. 



The Logan memorial services held at the court 
house yesterday afternoon were largely attended and 
were a' good index of the sorrow of our citizens at 
the death of one of our greatest soldiers and states- 
men. The only decorations in the court room were 
the draping of the American flag in the rear of the 
judge's seat, the G. A. E. shaft monnment and a 
large portrait of Logan hung against the center of 
the trallery. It was crowned with a wreath of natural 
flowers with the word "Rest" thereon and was the 
offering of the colored ladies relief corps of John A. 
Bross Post G. A. R. 

At 2 o'clock the G- A. R. posts filed into the room 
with the Woman's Relief corps and the Sons of 
Veterans and took the seats inside the railing reserved 
for them. 

Gen. John A. McClernand, chairman of the execu- 
tive committee of the citizens' meeting held at the 
Leland, Sunday night, called the assemblage to order 
and said: 

"Fkllow Citizens : At a meeting— a spontaneous 
meeting of a number of .the citizens of Springfield, 
held immediately after the receipt here of the news 
of Gen. Logan's decease, a committee was appointed 
to arrange for some popular demonstration suitable to 
so solemn and interesting an occasion. In response to 
tlieir resolves an intelligent, appreciative and imposing 
multitude has assembled here to do honor to the 
memory of one who had so long and eminently served 
his country in peace and war- The spectacle is a 
gratifying one. 

I was well acquainted with John A. Logan, both 
in his boyhood and manhood. As a boy, he was 



briorht, active anri comt'lv. As a man, lie was busy-j 
restless and aspirin^'. Wliether in the legis'ature of 
the State or nation; in the lield ot ann^e or at the 
hn.stinss, lie was self-reliant ami foinii(lal)le. His 
normal (-ondition was action, nnpausint? ai-tion. _ His 
soaring spirit, like the shooting star, spent its ftn'ce 
and qnenched its streaming light by its own impulsion. 
He died old in the wear and tear of human life, 
though not old in years. 'J'his is often the lot of men 
who compre.-s the struggles and exciteuKnits; the strain, 
and tension of a stormy age iu the life of an indi- 
vidual. 

As an orator and controversialist Logan essayed 
not the art of the logirian; his argument was not 
methodical; his mind was not artistic, hnt natural, 
and frametl its dialecti(-s in unison with its conscious 
and crowding iutt^ntions wdiich, iiT fact, marked his 
mental character. In debate, as iu the field, he was 
eager for the fray, while his beariug wa-i ever self- 
sustained. Years back, referring to him as a dispu- 
tant, Mr. Lamar remarked to me: 'Logan's mind is 
healtiiy and vigorous, though capable of higher dis- 
cipline. In these respects he reminds me of Judge 
Cohjuit,' then lately and succi-'ssively an able and dis- 
tinguished representative and senator from Georgia. 
Mr. Richardson once said to me in the heat of his 
canvass for the governorship of Illinois: 'Logan is the 
best nopular speaker of the state.' 

"The galaxy of Illinois stars of which he was one — 
Lincoln, Douglas, Richardson, Bissell, Lovejoy and 
others, together with himself, has gone out in the 
dai'kness of the grand peace to these ashes. Let no 
rude or irreverent hand detract from these biavely 
won laurels. 

As a soldier Gen. Lo?an fought his way onward 
and upward to a high and commanding rank in the 
Union army. His deeds of daring and heroism 
emblazon our history. His fame will be cherished by 
his countrymen as a legacy of glory. 

"As a civilian, he rose from an humble station to 
be a senator of the United States— a dignity to which 
is lastingly linked the names of Clay, WebstcM', C'alhoun, 
Benton and Dwiglit, illustrious of an earlier date 
upon the public stage As a candidate for the vice- 
presidency, Mr. Hendricks, his competitor, said of him 
to me: 'Logan is a strong man with the masses; tliey 
sympathize with him even atiross the line of parties.' 

"In private life he was frank genial and entertaining. 



He was almost constantly purronnded by througing 
friends drawn to him by his personal magnetism. As 
a husband and father he was affectionate and devoted. 
We cannot in onr welling hearts bnt sympathize with 
his wife and children in their sad bereavement. 

"Alas! the born chief; the American tribune; the 
man of tlie people; the leader of embattled hosts, the 
late stalwart, strong, courageous man, with flashing 
eyes and bristling mein is dead, stark and mouldering 
into his mother clust and to this we are fated to 
come in ripeness of time. In the language of Pericles 
on a kindred occasion, in other days, let me say: 'The 
earth is at the same time the sepulchre and monu- 
ment of the brave.'" 

At the conclusion of his remarks. Mayor James ]VL 
Garland, upon behalf of the executive committee, 
moved that the following ofiicers be chosen : 

For President— Hon. James C. Conkling. 

Vice-Presidents -Hon. M. Hay. Right Rev. Geo. F. 
Seymour, Hon. Jas. A. Creighton. Col. D. Wickersham, 
Hon. Jas. H. Matheny, Judge T. S. Casey, Hon. A. 
OnnidorfT, Jacob Bunn, esq.. Rev. Father Brady. Samuel 
H. Jones, esq.. Col. Jno. Williams, Hon. Chas. T. 
iStrattan, Dr. J. L. Million, Paul 8elby, esq., Hon. D. 
T. Littler, Judsre W. J. Allen, Dr. A. Gurney. Hon. 
Jacob Wheeler, Hon. Wm. E. Shutt, Hon. Jno. McCreery, 
Geo. M. Brinkerhofl:, esq.. Hon. Lincoln Dubois, H. W. 
Clendenin, esq.. Hon. J. W. Patton, Charles Ridgely, 
esq., T. W. S. Kidd, esq., Henry Schuck. esq., F. W. 
Tracy, esq.. Rev. Chas. Austrian, E. A. Snively, esq., 
Eev. Geo. Brent, Rev.W. N. McElroy, C. A. Helmle, e=q., 
Hon. J. M. Graham, Geo. W, Jones, esq., Capt. V- 
Francis, Rev. D. S. Johnson, Capt. J. M. Adair. 

'i'hf motion carried, and Mr. Conkling upon assum- 
ing th(! position, acknowledged his thanks and then 
spoke to the ol)ject of the meeting, paying a most 
elo(|uent and glowing tribute to the memory of Gen. 
Logan, wliom lie held in high esteem and greatly 
admired. 

At the close of the address the chairman announced 
that the services were now in the hands of tlie G. A. 
R., and Capt. J. C. Bell, conmiander of Mendell post 
No. 450 took the stand to conduct the services, and 
appointed Edward P. Bartlett of Stephenson Post No. 30, 
Adjutant. The memorial services as conducted accord- 
ing to the Grand Army ritual were beautiful, simple 
and a fleeting. 



G. A. R. SERVICE. 



SONG 1!Y MRS. F. \V. WKLL.MAN, ACCOMPANIED liY MISS ELLA 
KKLCIINKU, ORGANIST. 



One sweetly solemu thought.— Phttsbn Carcn. 

One sweetly solemn thought. 
Comes to me o'er anil o'er, 

1 am nearer home to-day. 

Than I've ever been before. 

Nearer my Fathpr's house. 

Where the many mansions be. 

Nearer the ?reat white throne. 
Nearer the crystal sea. 

Nearer the hounds of life. 

Where we lay our burdens down 

Nearer leaving the cross. 

Nearer gaining- the crown. 

But lying darkly between. 

Winding adown thio' the night. 

Is the silent, unknown stream. 
That leads at last to theliiiht. 

Father be near, when my feet 
Are slipping o'er the brink. 

For it may be I am nearer home; 
Nearer now than I think. 



PRAYER BY CHAPLAIN, 

FKANCIS SPKINGEU. 

God of our fathers ! Thou, infinite and loving One, 
art the Fatlier of ns all; for so art Thou set forth in 
Thv Word and in the works of Thy hand. 'J'o-day. 
O Lord, as Thou knowest, we ^tand in the awful 
presence of death, .our minds are troubled and our 



hearts are sad. Affliction lia& fallen iipoai ns in the 
■bereavement which has taken frc-m our ranks an 
esteemed comrade and fellow soldier in the batlle of 
life. But we monrn not as those who have no hope 
of a belter future; lor, while we are awed by the 
srim pr(>sence of the common destroyer, we rejoice to 
know that we stand also in the presence of God our 
heavenly Father. Thou, our Father, dost care for us; 
and even death itself is shorn of calamily and turned 
to a blessing by our firm and loving faith in Thee. 
Tho' sad and tearful with grief, we thank Thee, O 
Lord, for the noble qualities of mind and heart wi+h 
which our departed comrade was endowed. We pray 
that the virtues of patriotism, courage, industry, 
iionesty, and faith in God, which belonged to him 
may be cherished and practiced by us. We render to 
Thee, heavenly Father, worshipful thanksgiving for 
the lives of good citizens. Thou hast favored this 
young commonwealth of Illinois with many examples 
of inriividual cliaracter worthy to be known in all the 
world, and to be held in leverence by the youth of 
our iState and the Nation. We invoke for the widow 
and cliildren of our departed one the sustaining 
grace of Thy truth and spirit. Remember in meicy 
also the Grand Army of the Republic; and, as in the 
march of our earthly pilgrimage, we, one by one, fall 
by the way under the stroke of death, may we all 
come together again on the eternal shore, in the 
eternal sunshine, and on the eternal parade-ground 
of heaven, through riches of grace in God our 
Redeemer, Amen. 

CojrMANDER. — One by one, as the years roll on, we 
are called together to fulfill this last sad duty of 
respect to our comrade of the war- The present, full 
of the cares and pleasures of civil life, fades away, 
and we look back to the time when, shoulder to 
shoulder on bloody battlefields, or around the guns 
of our men-of-war, we fought for our dear old flag.' 
We may indulge the hope that the spirit with which, 
on land and sen, hardship, privation, dangers were 
encounterefl by our dead hero— a spii'it uncomplaining, 
iio1)ly. mani'ully obedient to the behest of duty, whereby 
to-day our Northern homes are secure, and our loved 
ones rest in peace under the aegis of the fiag- will 
piove a glorious incentive to the youth who, in the 
ages to come, may be called to uphold the destinies 
of our country, as the years roll on, we, too, shall 
liave fcupht cur battles thrcuph, and be laid to rest, 



our souls followinp: the long- coluimi to tliH realms 
above, as grim death, hour by hour, shall mark its 
victim- Let us so live that when that time shall 
corae those we leave behind may say above our graves, 
"Here lies the b'dy of a trueliearted, brave, and 
earnest defender of the Republic." 

Post Co.m.mandkk. — Ad.jutaut, for what purpose is 
this meeting called^ 

Ad.iutant.— To pay our tribute of respect to the 
memory of our late comrade. 

Post Com.mandkk.— Have you a record of his service 
in the cause of our country, and in the Grand Army 
of the Republi(;? 

Ad.iutant. — Commander, I have. 

Comrade John A Logan was born February iHh, 
1826. in Jackson county, lUinoi.s, enlisted in Co. H., 
1st Regiment 111. Infantry for the Mexican War, May 
29th, 1847. Promoted to 2d Lieutenant, promoted to 
1st Lieutenant and Ad.iutant of the 1st Regiment, 
Mustered out of the servire at Alton, 111., October ir.th, 
1818. Was member of Congre'JS in ISGI. Resigned his 
seat in Congress in September, 1861. Recruited tlie 
31st Illinois Infantry, Mustered into the United States 
service as Colonel of the 31st Illinois Infantry Volun- 
teers, September 18th, 1861. Promoted to Brigadier- 
General in 1862, promoted to Major-General in lsH2. 
Was Commander of the 15th Army Corps and the 
Army of the Tennessee, Resigned as Major-General of 
Volunteers in September, 1865. Mustered into the 
G. A. R. in 1866. Natioual Commander of the Grand 
Army of the Republic in 186S-6i) and 1870. Was a 
member of U. S. Grant Po.st Ko. 2-, G. A. R., Chicago, 
111., at the time of his death, December 26th, 1886. 

[The (Iruinmer beat three rolls upon his mulliccl drum immediately after tho 
readini^ot each record ] 

Chaplain.— What man is that liveth and shall not 
see death ? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand 
of the grave i If a man die, shall he live again i 

Comrades.— Jesus Chiist said: I am the resurrection 
and the life. He that believeth in me; though he 
were dead, yet shall he live. And he that liveth and 
believeth in me shall never die. 

Chaplain.— Let not your heart be troubled. 
Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's 
house are many mansions; I go to prepare a place for 
you. 

Comrades.— Blessed are the dead who die in the 
Lord, yea, saith the spirit; that they may rest fiom 
their labor's. 



Chaplain.— They shall hunger no more, neither 
thiist any more. 

Comrades.— Neither shall the sun light on them 
nor any heat. 

Chaplain.— For the lamb which is in the midst of 
the throne shall feed them, and lead them unto 
fountains of water. 

Comrades— And God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes. 

Chaplain.— There shall be no more death; neither 
soriow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain. 

Comrades.— For the former things are passed away. 



READING OF A SELECTION 
from Psalm XC. by the Chaplain: 

1. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all 
generations. 

2. Before tlie mountains were brought forth, or 
even thou hadst formed the earth and the word, 
even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. i 

3. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, 
return, ye children of men. 

4. For a thousand yeais in thy sight are but as 
yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the 
niglit. 

5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they 
areas a sleep; in the morning they are like the grass 
wliich groweth up. 

0. In thfi morning it flourislieth, and groweth up; 
in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

1-2. So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

14. O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we 
may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

1.5. Make us glad actiording to the days wherein 
thou hast afflicted us a nd the years wherein we have 
seen evil. 

16. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and 
thy glory unto their cliildren. 

17. And let tlie beauty of the Lord our God be 
upo'i us; and establisli thou the work of our hands 
upon us; ytu, tin; work of our hinds establisli tliou it. 



Mrs. Wellman again sweetly sang : 

He giveth His beloved sleep— r. C TUdeHlen. 

Sorrow and care may meet, 

TUe tempest cloud may low'r. 
The 8'irge of Sin may tieat 

Upon earths troubled shore; 
God doth His own in safety keep. 
He giveth His beloved sleep, 
He giveth His beloved sleep. 

The din of wm- may roll. 

With all her raging- Hiabt, 
Giief may oppress the soul. 

Throughout the weary night; 
God doth His own in safety keep. 
He giveth I' is beloved sleep, 
He giveth His beloved sleep. 

In childhood's winsome page, 

In manhood's joyous bloom. 
In feebleness and age. 

In death's dark gathering bloom; 
God will His own in safety keep. 
He giveth His beloved sleep. 
He giveth His beloved tleep. 

The G. A. R. service was concluded with the blow- 
ing of taps by Col. Theodore Ewart, after which the 
meeting was again turned over to tlie citizens. 

Hon. Alfred Orendorff moved the appointment of 
a committee of five to present resolutions appropriate 
to the occasion, and the motion prevailing the chair 
appointed as such committee Hon. A. Onnidorll", Hon. 
W. J. Allen, Gen. J. N. Reece, C. T. Strattan and 
Paul Selby. The committee retired to draw up the 
resolutions and the chair presented as the first siieaker 
Major-General John M. Palmer, who spoke as follows: 

But a few years ago one of our comrades and a citizen 
of the State of Illinois had died, and we had assembled 
in this room to monrn his loss and do honor to his 
memory, and we are again assembled because John A. 
Logan had met his last enemy and surrendered to his 
power. John A. Logan was dead. It seemed to him, 
being eight years older than Logan, that he should have 
died first, and it was one of the saddest things that Lo- 
gan had not lived out the full measure of his life, so that 
we could have scpu what he would have been. He had 
died just as he had entered fully upon the broader 



theater of national life. In ten years more his life would 
ha'-e been completed, and his death now seemed singu- 
larly untimely. He was entitled to fifteen years more of 
life, aud would have reached his fullest capacity. When 
Grant died it was felt as if he had lived until his work 
was done. When Thomas died his woik was done; 
Lotran's life seemed to have been incmmplete. A few 
years more and we would have known what he would 
have been. The speaker said that in only two or tlire.H 
years of his life liad Logan and himself agreed. He 
(Palmer) was an anti-slavery man. At a, later date they 
differed still, but there came a time when they agreed. 
When thev enlisted in the service and Logan gave his 
noble and manly service to his country, they agreed. Ou 
the battle-field Logan was among the first, the greatest, 
and alwavs patriotic. In the liour of peril he was there, 
antl mav God bless his memory. They say he lingered 
and hesitated at the outbreak of the war, but this did no 
harm. When the hour came he labored gloriously. 
When a man stands by his country and flag it excites ad- 
miration, and 1 have no ]>atience with the man who 
Btops now to ask his motive. They deserve nothing but 
contempt. He did his duty always and everywhere, and 
let him rest in peace. The General then spoke of death, 
and liow he had seen it irpon an hundred battle-fields, 
and it seemed singularly harsh that young, brilliant and 
bridit young men should be called upon to give up their 
lives, but at last it was no enemy, although it dealt with 
us unkindly. The very fact that he smites to the right 
and left the weak and the strong, the great and small, 
and loved ones, uroved that he was no enemy. He knew 
Logan when a tx>y, and had often i eproved him ; had 
not supported him politically, but death had come, and 
he had only for him words of in-aise,as he was brave and 
generous. Grant ought to have been buried in Illinois 
and Logan in the soil of the State that gave him birth. 



MAJOR JAMES A. CONNOLLY. 
Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

"The path of glory leails but to the grave." 

How true, and how sad a commentaiy upon the tire- 
less struggles of hinnan andiition. 

But if, at the end of Glory's pathway, the Paladin can 
lay down his sword and shield to hear the plaudit, 



" Well done, thou good and faithful servant," then can he 

"Approach his jrravc 
Like one whii wraps the liiapciy of liis coucli about nim 
And lies down to pleasant dreams." 

Three times within less than a quarter of a century 
has Illinois stood at the grave of her illustrious foster- 
children— Lincoln, Douglas, Grant-her ioster-children 
who trod the paths of glory and went to their graves 
amid the tears and plaudits of the world. Now she 
comes as the bereaved mother, standing by the bier oi 
her own child, mourning his loss, but ciowned with the 
halo of his knightly career in council and m held. 
Illinois, with as much pride as the Roman mother, can 
point to the graves of these foster-children, and of this 
son, and say : "' There are my .jewels." 

How^ fit it is that we should gather here, in this 
chamber, wdiere his public; i:areer began, to honor his 
memory, while his body lies in the Capitol of the nation 
he served so honorably and so well, surrounded by those 
with whom the later years of his public life were spent, 
and by wdiom his courage, his hone-ty, his pure integ- 
rity are most fully appreciated and acknowledged. 

As he goes to the tomb he gives back to his mother 
(Illinois) the shield she gave him when he first essayed 
her defense, and while it comes back marked with the 
scars of more than thirty years of open, manly conflict, 
yet Mot a single stain of dishonor marks it. 

Comrades of Illinois ! we may well be proud to-day 
of tlie grand heiitage of patriotism and courage Logan 
has left us, and as the fading lines of the volunteer sol- 
diery grow more indistinct as year hurries after year, 
still "his name will stand at the head of our roll-call until 
the last one of us shall be mustered out; and away off 
in the distant future, when the glamour of semiromance 
shall have wrapped this age, the dett fingers of tradition 
will have woven the name of Logan into our country's 
story as a symbol of the volunteer soldier's patriotism, 
courage and glory. , „ , 

Descended as he was from a race who may be called 
the stormy petrels of mankind, he never shrank from a 
contest; lie never quailed before a storm. He seemed 
born to ride the tempest and to guide the stoim. 

Richelieu's " bright lexicon of youth" was his, wherein 
the word fail was never to be found. 

He was made of the stuff that kings were made of 
in the olden time when the king was ''facile priiiceps" 
of his people. But he needed no accident of birth, or 
ceremony of coronation to make him chief, for Nature 



did it at his birth. He was a born ruler of mPii. He 
was the Andrew Jackson of his time, and as the fea- 
tures of Jackson, now. are familiar in tlie pictures that 
hang upon the walls of the homes of the plain people 
of the land, teaching lessons of courage and patriotism 
to the American youth, so in years to come, tiie fea- 
tures of Logan will look down from the walls of every 
American Jiome where patriotism and integrity are 
loved, to teach the story of his manly life to thn com- 
ing youth, and inspire them by his clean, heroic 
example. 

Ja(;kson behind his cotton bales at New Orleans, 
and Logan dashing along and rallying his shattered 
lines at Atlanta, are two pictures of heroism, indellibly 
fixed in American story, which tradition will not let 
die, appealing, as they do, to the American love of 
courage and manliness, and they are destined to live 
longer than many of the unmoving chronicles of his- 
tory. I know not what heroes are made of or whence 
the quality called courage comes. 

In the quiet days of peace it is passed unnoticed, 
and heroes move along the paths of life unknown, as 
Homer living, begged his darkened way through 
Greece. 

Cultivation, refinement, and luxury, are the attend- 
ants of increasing wealth. Huge libraries elegant 
architecture, costly'paiuting and sculpture, and univer- 
sal education are well enough in their way. but the 
Nation that, depending upon them, beats its swords 
into plowsliares and its spears into pruning hooks will, 
some day. find itself compelled to uttr^r tiie Macedonian 
cry to "some other Nation for the protection of its 
painting, its sculpture, its libraries and its i)eople. 
Cultivation of t lie head alone would never have made 
an American Republic. Vast accunnilation of wealth 
would never have made the American Republic the 
home of freemen only. Tint was only done by the 
trumpet blast of War. calling the Logans of the land 
to arms. 

The boundaiiesof Nations are made by their Logans 
not by their Platos; the rights of peoples are protected 
by the sword, not by diplomacy; the feeble Right is 
lifted above the sturdy Wrong not by the Raphaels, 
but by the Jacksons. !?o the story of Logan, strong in 
council, honest in act, brave in the field, devoted to his 

ounti'v. unspoiled by s-uc-cess. true and loving in his 
home, is worth more "than all that poet, philosopher, or 
painter can do to teach a nee, led lesson to American 



youth, for liis -wliole career is made attractive by its 
brilliant coloring of fearless courage andcleiin integrity. 

When men bowed down before golden calves, he 
stood erect; wlien men humbled themselves before 
those in power, he looked power in the eye with fear- 
less gaze, as the eagle does the sun; when I'liblic meii 
trembled lest their acts should be exposed to piil)li(; 
view, he walked abroad among the people, an exemplar 
of the virtuf^s most neecled in a Republic; when Jiis 
country needed defenders, ho rushed like a storm 
cloud into battle, and there, among her volunteer 
defenders, was the most knightly figure ()f them all. 
We shall not soon look upon his like again, steadfast 
friend, trusted lead(!r, brave knight, "without fear and 
without rein'oach,"' farewell! 

And oh ! comrades ! that desolate home of his. In 
this hour when we bewail our own and our Nation's 
loss, we owe a thought to that noble wife who stood 
by him in all his conflicts— as true a helpmeet as ever 
stood by man's side. May she ever find the hearts of 
this Re'public warm toward her until she .joins her 
loved and lost in the green fields beyond, and may 
the love which we cherished for him in Hie now come 
to her as a solace and a balm. 

The committee on resolutions here made reiwrt 
through Cliairmaa Orendorft" of the following and they 
were adopted: 

Whkreas, The citizens of Springfield in common 
with the people of the state and nation, have learned 
with profound regret of the death of John Alexander 
Logan, a native of and United States senator from 
Illinois, and desiie to express their high estimation of 
his many admirable qualities and their sympathy for 
his bereaved family; therefore, be it 

Resolved That death is removing one by one the 
great leaders of the war. Grant, Thomas, Mead. Han- 
cock and McClellan have joined the silent army, and 
now the name of the illustrious Logan is enrolled with 
the nation's honored dead. 

Resolved, That the military career of Gen. Logan 
was brilliant and successful. He served with distinct- 
ion as a lieutenant of Illinois volunteers in the 
Mexican war. At the commencement of the civil war 
he resigned a seat in the congress of the United 
States, recruited the Thirty first regiment, Illinois vol- 
imteers, was chosen colonel, and by well-earned and 
rapid promotion became a major-general of volunteers 
and commander of the army of the Tennessee. 



Resolved. Tliat, in civil life be was no less dis- 
tinguished than in his military caveer. He rose step 
by step from the po-«itioa of county clerk of Jackson 
riounty to a seat iii the United States senate from the 
gi-.eat common wexltli of Illinois, whet'e his services 
were marked by distinguishei ability, rugged honesty 
and a fearless advocacy of the measures he deemed to 
be right. 

Resolved, That while the nation mourns the loss 
of a patriot statesman, and Illinois an honored son 
Springfield has special cause for sorrow. For m )re 
thin forty years Gen. Logan was a frequant visitor of 
thi-^ city, and was bjund to its citizens by warm ties 
of fi-ieiidsliip, and in his death they feel a personal 
bereavement. 

Resolved, That the citizens of Springfield tender 
to the family of the deceased their heartfelt sympathy 
and condolence in their irreparable loss of husband and 
f itlier, and that an engrossed copy of these res olutio.is 
be furnished them by the officers of this meeting- 
Respectfully submitted. 

Alfred Orendorff, 
William J. Allen, 
Paul Selby, 
J. N. Reece, 
Chas. T. Strattan. 



JUDGE W. L. GROSS. 

Comrades and Citizens of Illinois. — To day a nation 
mourns the death of a distinguished patriot, soldier 
and statesman, aud_ we of the capital city of Illinois 
are met to express in fitting phrase onr appreciation 
of our dead fellow-citizen, senatoc, comrade and friend. 
The presence of this large concourse— thf^ sad emblems 
worn by you, his comrades in arms— the moistened 
eyes and trembling lips present before me, speak the 
common woe more eloquently than any worcts at my 
coiiunand. 

To the long roll of illustrious dead, whose knell 
has rung in our ears and brought sorrow to our hearts — 
Lincoln, and Thomas, and McPherson, and Mead, and 
Hancock, and McClellan, and Grant, must now be 
added the name of Logan, Illinois' honored son, 
senior senator and intrepid soldier. 

Who is this whose sudden and unexpected death 
saddens us all and casts a pall of gloom over a great 



nation. lAMvu to llic brief ans^Ye^. A man, who, for 
nearly forty years lias s^•rved the State and nation in 
public i)lace, and whose name and fame are apart of 
the nation's liistory and p:lory. At the time of liis 
death John A. Lo^an was a senator of Illinois in the 
United States Senate. Hoin of huml)le parents and 
reared to maidiood wilhin the limits of this State, at 
a time when poverty and hard work was the (-ommon 
lot; when society was crude and educational facilities 
were meagre and imuerfect, he was from the commence- 
ment, and so continued thioughout his remarkable 
career, emphatically a man of the pe()])le. Sja-inging 
thus from the loin of the common peoi)le, and cast in 
the rough mold of his time— nurtured and reared 
amid the restraints, repressions and struggles of a 
rude and unlettered and hard woiking class, impartial 
truth requires it to be said, that whether in his early 
contests at the bar- in the State legishiture— in the 
army of the Union and in command of large bodies 
of men— on the field when the crash of battle came— 
at the grave of a dead comrade, or at the cot of the 
wounded or dying soldier — in the halls of congress 
shaping the laws of the nation— in the councils of his 
party, or as one of its national standard bearers, every 
where, at all times and under all circumstances, he 
never forgot and never seemed to want to forget, that 
he was one of the great body of the common people, 
and that he was charged with the duty of protecting 
their rights and advancing their interests. How 
successfully and conscientiously he discharged that 
duty, we, his fellow-citizens and surviving comrades, 
know full well, and impartial history will not fail to 
record. 

He was a natural leader of men. Earnest, honest, 
bold and fearless, opposition and resistance only served 
to arouse and nerve to greater exertion— never to 
intimidate or dishearten: and when an emergency 
arose— whether in civil life and as a jirivate citizen — as 
a politician in respect of party principles and policy— 
as a patriot and soldier w^hen the life and stability of a 
nation was threatened, or as a statesmen looking to 
the nation's weal, he never failed to rise to the level 
of the occasion, or to find his way to the front. Not 
always right— not always wise— not deeply learned in 
the learning of the books— not having all the graces 
and polish of an older society— sometimes rash, but 
always patriotic, earnest, honest, manly, generous and 
courageous, true alike to his convictions and his friends, 



he led aw by right, and other men followed ; he com- 
manded, and other men obeyed. 

He was the typical volunteer soldier. Taken as he 
was from civil life, and without the advantages of a 
special military education, his career as a volunteer 
soldier was marked by (lualities and achievements 
uni)aralled in the history of our country. And this 
must be said notwithstanding the number and character 
of his brother officers, and with no disposition to 
dieparage their distinguished services. Speaking as I 
do to many who served with him and can recall his 
striking characteristics in camp, on the march, in 
council and in field— you, comrades, who thus knew 
and served with him, do not need to he told how 
implicitly you confided in his loyalty, energy, courage 
and wisdom as a commander— in his kindness to and 
care and consideration for his men, nor how completely 
he won your admiration, confidence and love. And 
you may be pardoned if you now recall his unvarying 
success. General Logan's command advanced— it 
never retreated before an enemy; it was ever ready 
and never refused to fight, and it did not know 
defeat. 

And he was the soldier's friend. His love for and 
readiness to serve the soldier of his country, knew no 
bounds, but was as broad as his country, as varied as 
the necessities of the occasion, and as complete as time 
and strength and opportunity made possible. No ap- 
plicant, coming in the garb or name of a soldier of the 
Union, however humble, was turned away without a 
hearing or denied the possible assistance. Honoring 
him as we did while living, and mourning him most 
sincerely as we now do, when dead, no metalic tablet 
or monumental pile placed or reai'ed by us to his 
memory, can at all compare with the monument left 
by himself written in the pension laws of his country, 
and existing in the affections of his surviving comrades 
in arms. 

Death has robbed us of an honored citizen, an honest 
public officer, a patriotic statesman, a gallant and tried 
soldier, and a true friend; and if it were given us to 
write his epitaph, it would be, 

John A. Looan, 

After Forty Years of Faithful Public Service, 

Died Poor. 



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